Detonating device



K...HAMPEL" DETONATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 8, 1920,

. y 5, 1 98 Patentedi Aug. 8, 1922.

KARL HAMPEL, or DETROIT; MIcnieAN.

DETONATINQ DEVICE. I

Application filed October 8, 1920. Serial no. 415,650.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KARL HAMPEL, a citizen of Jugofilavia, residingat-Detroit, in the county of lVayne and State of'Michigan, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Detonating Devices, I of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a detonating device bywhich a fulminate wafer, cap or explosive mixture may be safely explodedby juveniles, and the device may take the form of a toy dart, pin wheelor mallet, either of which will afford considerable amusement tojuveniles and in the form of a dart requires some skill when aimed andprojected at a target.

Another object of this invention is to provide as a new article ofmanufacture a wafer or cap holder which may be manufactured at acomparatively small cost and safely used in connection with the device.

The above and other objects may be attained by a mechanical constructionthat will be hereinafter described and then claimed, and reference willnow be had to the drawing wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of thepreferred form of toy dart;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation of a portion of the same, partly brokenaway and partly in section;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a modified form of dart, partly brokenaway and partly in section;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a mallet that may be used as a detonatingdevice, and

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a cap holder, partly broken away andpartly in section.

The invention in its broadest aspect involves a carrier socket, andbolder and by reference to Fig. 1 the carrier takes the form of a stickor dart 1 having a distal portion provided with vanes 2 which may be ofany number and suitably attached to the end of a stick, for instance, bymounting the vanes in slots 3 of the stick and securing the same thereinby staples 4, pins or other fastening means. The vanes constitute meansfor causing the stick to travel in a direction in which it is projected,for instance, maintaining the stick plumb when descending by ravity. Theopposite end of the carrier l ias a reduced end 5 to receive a socket 6,

which takes the form of a split sleeve mounted on the reduced end 5 ofthe stick 1 and projecting therefrom. In the socket 6 is a weight orheavy body 7 against the reduced end 5, the weight lending a heavy endto the stick when falling, besides providing an abutment within thesocket. -The socket may be secured to the Weight or to the reduced end 5by depressing a portion of the socket, as at 8, although other means maybe resorted to in maintaining the socket constantly in engagement withthe stick.

The holder comprises a short body or stick 9 adapted to fit in thesocket 6 against the weight or abutment 7 therein and the holder isadapted to be detachably held during flight of the dart so that itsouter end will be exposed for impact against the wall, the ground, atarget, or any surface at which the dart is projected.

Suitably secured to the outer end of the holder 9 is a fulminatewafer,cap or ex-v plosive mixture 10, and as shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusivethe outer end of the holder may have a cavity 11 to receive a portion ofthe cap or explosive mixture. The cap or explosive mixture may be heldin engagement with the holder by a suitable adhesive or it may beotherwise connected thereto, for instance, as shown in Fig. 5 where theouter end of the holder has a concave seat 12 on which may be molded ordeposited a quantity of an explosive mixture, so that the holder willhave a head, somewhat similar to a match.

In Fig. 3 the carrier stick 13 has a simple form of pin wheel 14 as asubstitute for the vanes 2, and the opposite end of the carrier 6 isbored out to provide a socket 15 which is bifurcated, as at 16, so thatthe side walls of the socket will be somewhat yieldable and willfrictionally grip a holder placed therein.

In Fig. 4 the carrier takes the form of a hammer or mallet 17 having itsblow head 18 provided with a recess 19 in which is mounted a socket 20for a holder 21, the socket being in the form of a split sleeve adaptedto be sprung to frictionally grip the holder when inserted therein. Inthis instance the blow head 1.8 serves as an abutment for the holder 21and the hammer or mallet may be manipulated to detonate the cap of theholder 21 by percussive force. This form of detonating device may beadvantageously used during various celebrations where limited space awould prevent, the throwing of the darts shown in'Fi'gs. 1 and 3.

With the holders'9 made of an inexpensive material a multiplicity orthese hbld 'er's can befurnished with each carrier, so a child will havesufficient ammunition "for producing a-multiplicity of detonations, the

loudness/of which depends on the character ofthe explosive mixture,either ijornrof the device the detonator is practically harml s and t bvou hat theca rier and its appurtenant parts mayhefinished to present aneat and attractive-appearance which will appeal to children. a

" While in the drawing there are illustrated the preferredembodimentsofmy invention, itisfto be understood that the Structuralelements are susceptible to such changes in size,

shape andymanner of; assemblage as fall within the scope of theappen'deiclaiii'i.

What I claim is A detonati ng device comprising a carrier having reducedcylindrical end, a split sleeve socket carried by the reduced end ofsaid carrier and protruding therefrom, ,a

weight insaid; socket against tlie' reduced end ol fi said carrier, saidsocket having a depressed portion engagingsaid weight, and a detachablecap holdervin said-socket against said weight and protruding ztherefromzv "qln'ftestimony whereofxI aliix my signature .inpresencerof twowit'neses; 1

:; 'i KARL HAMPEL.

